Call it cynical or witty, but Valentine’s Day is not just restricted to lovers now. This year, even singles in the city and jilted exes are ready to embrace the day by expressing their love for a close family member or friends. Some of them are also celebrating it as a day of freedom from complicated relationships and plan to go out and have a blast instead of cribbing about their singledom.
Abhishek Pant, a media professional informs that he is throwing a singles party at his apartment instead of complaining about his recent break-up. He says, “I have invited my friends to my place after work to celebrate V-Day. It’s a ‘singles only’ party where people can bring their single friends to meet new people. We are celebrating it is a day of independence and hope to have fun sharing stories about weird exes.”
Nidhi Trivedi, an HR professional also feels the hoopla of V-Day raises too many expectations and if you are single people try to show sympathy, which is why she has planned a fun night with her girl gang after work. She says, “I’ll be going out with my friends to watch a movie and then we’ll go for dinner and drinks. Since we are a gang of four we have decided to gift each other something so that no one feels alone and left out.”
Though V-Day is a highly commercialised concept and everyone wants to make the most of it, there are some places in the city that are focusing on singles and planning to play cupid for lonely hearts. Rohan Gupta of Red Monkey restaurant says, “During the entire Valentine weekend, we have special promotions on for singles in the city. There are singles parties that will be organised so that no one feels left out. On Valentine’s Day, we are serving free Cosmopolitans to women so that they can come with their friends and enjoy.”
Nickhil Seth, co-owner of Babelon Lounge says, “We’ll be having a singles party at our club as there are special offers for foodies. On Valentine’s Day when most of the places will be full of couples, we want to be different and don’t want to go overboard with the entire V-day celebrations.”
So on this day of love when everyone wants to be seen in pairs, if you are single don’t lose heart, plan something with loved ones and head out for a fun time.